Sweatband for straw and other hats



J. DOWDALL.

SWEATBAND FOR STRAW AND OTHER HATS.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30| 1921.

Patented J une 27, 1922.

' a portion of the sweat band flattened out.

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Application filed June 30,

To all lw hom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. DowDALL, a resident of Glen Morris, Queens County, State of New York, and a citizen of the vUnited States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sweatbands for Straw and Other Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sweat bands for hats, particularly straw hats, one of the objects of the invention being to improve the appearance of sweat bands when viewed from the under side of a hat, aV further object being to provide a cushioning element at the point where the sweat band contacts with the head, and also to provide a durable wearing surface. To

accomplish these results, I combine with the usual leather or fabric sweat-band an insert consisting of a strip of woven straw which extends completely around the sweat band at a point adjacent the point of connection of the brim and crown of the hat with the result that when the hat is placed on a head the insert will contact with the flesh. The woven straw insert will be yieldable and hence will give when the hat is placed upon a head, whereby chaing will be eliminated. The straw insert will provide an efficient bearing surface which will'be durable and lasting and will largely prevent the band Vfrom breaking down, as it will withstand the action of perspiration better than fabric. Other advantages resulting from my improvement will hereinafter appear.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein 4 Fi l illustrates a bottom view of a hat provided with myvimproved sweat band;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sec'- tional view; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view illustrating My improved sweat band isl made up of a supporting strip 4 of any suitable fabric ed over at 5 to provide a loop to receive a wire 6 which acts to lend yieldability to the sweat band as a whole, whereby, when the hat is caused to snugly fit a head, the

Specification of Letters'atent.

Patented June 27,1922.

1921. serial No. 481,505.

sweatL band will yield owing to the wire member 6. Further elements of the sweat band are a leather strap 7 and a yieldable flexible straw insert 8 which connects the `leather band 7 and fabric support 4. The

straw insert or strip 8 is secured, along one of its edges, to the leather band by stitching 9 Iandalong its other edge to the support 4 by stitching 10. The straw insert 8 forms av substantial continuation of the under surface 1l of the brim 12 of the hat. In practice the` insert 8 will form a substantial continuation of the surface 1l of the band12 of the hat. The bight of the fabric sup- Y port at 5 will also be only slightly perceivable, but the straw insert will predominate. The adjacent edges ofthe leather band 7 and insert 8 will 'be abutted, one against the other, and stitched together Aas at 9. The

nopposite edge of vthe insert 8 willbe stitched to the fabric support 4, as indicated at 10; f

The straw insert y8 will yield in all directions; hence, when the hatis placed upon a head, a soft cushioning element' will beV provided. VThe straw insert, besides making a tough durable wearing element, will greatly increase the life ofthe sweat band, as a whole, as it will withstand the actionof perspiration, thereby preventing, to a large extent, the-breaking downofthe sweat-band.

The insert Swill be preferably made out of woven straw and will preferably match the' remainder of the hat, indicated by 13, that is to say, so far as appearance is concerned.

Thev leather band member 7, straw band memberS and support 4 will be secured together into va unitary structure before being stitched into the hat..

It frequently happens, in straw hats,th`at the leather bandssag and project below kthe under surface of the brims.l This makes anl unsightly appearance, especially should the bands be discolored from use. To obviate this objectionable feature is one of the objects of this invention; hence, I preferably make the insert 8 of woven straw yhaving the same color as the straw out of which the hat is made so as to simulate same.

Having described my invention, what "I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A sweat band for hats, consisting of a i'abric member7 a leather member, and a Woven straw member secured together, the straw member connecting the fabric and leather members.

2. In a hat, a fabric strip carrying a reed, a sweat bandr including a leather strip and a strip of straw/,fthe strip of Straw ineer JAMES T. DOVVDALL. 

